job Description
Programme Finance Officer
Reports To:
CBM Global Finance Manager Zimbabwe
Job Overview
Contributing to the overall goal of the organization and working under the Leadership and Guidance of the Country Finance Manager.
Based: Harare, Zimbabwe
Duration: Full - Time
Our Vision: an inclusive world in which all people with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.
Our Mission: fighting to end the cycle of poverty and disability.
Our Values:
We champion inclusion
We strive for justice
We pursue excellence
We embrace partnership
We live with integrity
While the world has been making progress in tackling poverty, people with disabilities are being left behind. CBM Global works alongside people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and transform lives. Driven by Christian values, we seek out and work with the most marginalised in society, irrespective of race, gender or religion, recognising the equal worth of every individual.
Drawing on over 100 years’ experience and world-leading expertise in disability-inclusive community development and humanitarian action, inclusive eye health and community mental health, CBM Global works with partners to break the cycle of poverty and disability and build inclusive communities. Our programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America are developed and delivered with local partner organisations to ensure long-term transformation and accountability in communities we serve. We’re deeply committed to the principle of “nothing about us without us”, and we therefore work closely with and support organisations of people with disabilities.
CBM Global is made up of CBM Australia, CBM Ireland, CBM Kenya, CBM New Zealand, CBM Switzerland, and CBM UK with programmes worldwide and Country Offices in Philippines, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Madagascar and Bolivia. CBM Global works in over 20 countries, maximising our impact through long-term, authentic partnership and a coordinated mix of inclusive community-based programmes, local to global advocacy and delivering inclusion advice to other organisations.
We draw on learning and evidence from our community work to inform our advocacy hand-in-hand with the Disability Movement at local, national and international levels, including with the UN, to achieve systemic change for people with disabilities. We advise governments, UN bodies and other organisations on how to ensure inclusion in their own organisations, policies and programmes to further amplify our impact.
Duties and Responsibilities
Participate in Programme design and proposal writing for the Country Team Support in Partner Budget Application Process – Mentorship/inducting of partners on; budget development and review; compile budget summaries; Uploading approved budgets into GO Online; making necessary revisions as maybe required; providing budget Notifications to Program Team for sharing with partners.
-Support in partner trainings or capacity building as required including inducting partners on CBMG contractual obligations, procedures and requirements including reporting templates, statutory requirements.
-Contribute as member of Team of Competency in Partner Assessments, compliance checks as required.
-Critically analyse partners’ financial reports for compliance against approved budgets.
-Jointly with programme team conduct partner field visits perform tasks such as inducting partners on CBM G finance requirements and procedures, spot checks on finance management, internal controls in place and progress on capacity improvement recommendations.
-Review designated quarterly finance/narrative reports, year-end closing reports and Audit reports paying special attention to completeness, adherence to CBM G format, burn rate within approved budget and any concerns raised in the Management letters from Project Audits.
-Support tracking and monitoring of partner’s budget implementation rate (BIR) in relationtofundtransferrateandensuringpartnersreceiveprojectfundsontime.
-In liaison with Program Team, monitor partner savings/unspent funds for approval before lapsing, re-allocation, re-designation and/or re-utilization.
-Support in the continuous updates and follow ups of partners issues log identified during field monitoring, compliance visits and audits.
-Take lead in the Monitoring of Self-Implemented projects, monitoring and ensuring implementation
Safeguarding responsibilities
Knowledge
-Understands the incident management framework and their first responder role in recording, responding, and reporting incidents.
-Understands the survivor-centred approach and how to apply it when receiving a complaint or responding to an incident. Knows local support services available in the community or region, and how to engage them.
Skills:
-Able to listen and accurately document reported concerns and complaints. Able to respect the confidentiality of safeguarding allegations. Able to appropriately apply the survivor-centred approach.
Behaviours
-Treats the survivor and others involved in an incident with dignity and respect.
-Be assertive in implementing the initial incident response protocols by gaining the trust and cooperation of parties involved.
Key outcomes expected from this role
Stay up to date with all regulations, practices, tax laws, reporting requirements and industry trends, and advice the line manager of the same.
Retrieve and submit financial reports to the Country Finance Manager timely, both quarterly, year-end financial reports and year-end audited accounts from partners.
Submit Quarterly financial supportive supervision report for projects assigned
Verifiable system strengthening activities line CBM Global guidelines.
Authentic and effective partnerships, developed and maintained in line with CBM Global’s approach to partnership.
Partners’ compliance with CBM Global procedures and standards relating to project identification, design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and learning.
CBM Global and its work with partners is recognised as a driving force for promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in their communities and in all aspects of society.
In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, the applicant will perform ad hoc activities which are either by their nature related to their normal duties or evolve from operational requirements as may be assigned by the Country Finance Manager.
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